Battle of India Muerta

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Battle of India Muerta
Part of the Portuguese conquest of the Banda Oriental
Date19 November 1816
Location
Result Luso-Brazilian victory
Belligerents
File:Flag of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarves.svg United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves File:Flag of Artigas.svg Federal League
Commanders and leaders
Sebastião Pinto de Araújo Correia Fructuoso Rivera
Strength
Total: 957[1]
  • 722 infantry and artillery
  • 235 cavalry
  • 1 cannon
1,700 cavalry and infantry[2]
Casualties and losses
95:[2]
29 killed
66 wounded
~600:[3]
~200 killed
350–400 wounded
30 captured

The Battle of India Muerta took place between the Luso-Brazilian forces under the command of Sebastião Pinto de Araújo Correia against the artiguists led by Fructuoso Rivera in Rocha, present-day Uruguay. The battle lasted for four and a half hours and ended in a Luso-Brazilian victory.[4]

References

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Citations

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  1. ^ Garcia 2012, p. 651.
  2. ^ a b Garcia 2012, p. 652.
  3. ^ Ferreira 2012, p. 75.
  4. ^ Garcia 2012, pp. 651–652.

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